Sooo.... I flashed JK6 + voodoo over my stock froyo. now i can't get back to clockwork recovery, i have tried everything and i cant get even into download mode, but my phone turns on perfectly fine... idk what it is or how to fix it can someone help? my phone's fine right now but if i try to go into recovery it gives me and error: code-7 , which i have never had or even seen before and i tried to flash clockwork recovery again and it said it flashed just fine, but it won't work.... help me someone. thanks
it sound's like you have a 3e recovery now and CWM doesn't work with stock 3e recovery. you need to modify it using the information from this
post.
also if you have adb setup on your computer, and you want to go back to stock and start over but can't access download mode from buttons, just use
adb reboot download
another way is right on the phone, download terminal emulator and use
su
reboot download
also works for getting to stock recovery(not sure why you would need to other than to flash CWM from SD card..)
hope this helped.
I suggest you disable voodoo then retry it... Voodoo is real tricky when it come to certain things.. if you go to Team Wiskeys website, the have a tutorial on how to do it.. then try to redo OCLF. i myself use Eugenes kernal B_Stock_1120_100 Kernel #20..... and the Lagfix... letme know how it goes... but ALWAYS disable voodoo before you do any flashing!! or system changes.
Just my 2cents... thats how i overcame the CWR... besides flashing a stock Kernal and starting from scratch..
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c-brit323 said:
Sooo.... I flashed JK6 + voodoo over my stock froyo. now i can't get back to clockwork recovery, i have tried everything and i cant get even into download mode, but my phone turns on perfectly fine... idk what it is or how to fix it can someone help? my phone's fine right now but if i try to go into recovery it gives me and error: code-7 , which i have never had or even seen before and i tried to flash clockwork recovery again and it said it flashed just fine, but it won't work.... help me someone. thanks
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With the Voodoo kernel recently released you DO NOT use clockwork as you're used to seeing it, ie, green text version, and going through rom manager and rebooting into recovery from there will not get you where you want to go. Reason being, the voodoo kernel you flashed has a new version of clockwork to work with. When you see the red text clockwork, you know you are there.
Now how to get there. If you are familiar with adb, use "reboot recovery" command and you'll be there. If adb is not your bag, dowload android terminal emulator from the market. Open it, type "su" and press enter. Accept the superuser prompt. You may have to hit your menu button and toggle keyboard button to bring your kb back after the su command. Then type "reboot recovery" and press enter, your phone will now reboot into the red text voodoo version of clockwork. All command listed are of course typed without the quotations. Good luck, its really easy, and mentioned in the voodoo thread, along with other tips for your reference.
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Yeah I can get there but how do I disable voodoo and flash another rom/kernel without odin? And how do I get my recovery back?
You have recovery, just a different version now. To disable voodoo, you can use the good old fasioned method of creating a folder inside the voodoo folder, named "disable lagfix", no quotes, reboot your phone and listen to linda do her work, or use the voodoo lagfix menu in the red recovery to disable it. Note you will still have red clockwork until you flash a different kernel, after disabling voodoo of course.
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Yeah but it says "cant derterminate" or something like that, and it stays on.... Finding update package, and I cant scroll or anything
Sounds like you are odin bound, friend.
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Which is cool, except. My drivers are messed up and I have parental controls on and yada yada... So I cant install the drivers unless I use a friends computer or something. But its cool. Thanks man
One more thing that might help. Last week zimphishmonger started a thread and found a fix for the new voodoo not disabling correctly. Find it and there is a flashable that replaces the format.fat file on the phone and on some phones lets voodoo didable. Search it and try it. I'll try to post a link when I get around a pc.
Edited: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=875498&highlight=zimphishmonger
its worth a shot to try, and he created a flashable to install the file in the first post there, good luck.
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Phone is rooted and I believe Ive got a lag fix installed.
No idea what I need to do - did a quick looksie through the JI6 thread and I didnt see anything in particular about the update ****ign up anyones phone.
EDIT: The update is called JI6 right? Whatever I got automatically from tmobile is what messed it up.
I'm having the same problem. I'm thinking its because I had the lag fix before this.
If you have the voodoo lagfix then you may have to use odin to fix things. See the instructions on the first post of the thread for Simbionix for that.
With other lagfixes you may just be able to wipe the phone. Can you still access recovery?
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I can access recovery. I really didnt want to lose things like contacts saved on my phone even though I dont give a piss about anything else. I dont think the contacts copied into SIM so I may be screwed on that.
If you had your Gmail synced, all the contacts should be on your gmail account, and it will not be wiped
Tengis said:
I can access recovery. I really didnt want to lose things like contacts saved on my phone even though I dont give a piss about anything else. I dont think the contacts copied into SIM so I may be screwed on that.
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Your contacts should be saved on your google account unless you disabled that.
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Sweet. I dont use Google regularly so I didnt even think about the contacts syncing to it.
What is my next step? What should I do? The ODIN thing?
It's a google phone, but u denied to use google service frequently, then you deserve the punishment
Just kidding. I think Odin is the only solution here. And don't forget to use google service after getting your phone back from death =D
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Just flash the ji6 kernel . Should boot right up
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Hi,
The same thing happened to me.
I pushed bionix 1.6 to sdcard with adb.
Then flashed it with clockwork.
I am up again.
What a tmobile nighmare.
to disable vodoo lagfix
A quick and easy way to disable voodoo lagfix, is to just create a file or a folder inside of the voodoo folder called "disable lagfix". Worked for me, hopefully this helps.
same thing happened to me. The update was waiting for me when i woke up, so i hit the damn button without thinking about it (i had one eye open!!).. now i have a nice "vibrant" screen.. oi. Simply wiping the phone does nothing, so Im going to try the 2.2 to 2.1 fix.. here goes nuthin..
Same thing here. I had a lag fix (not the voodoo one) and a GPS fix. Not sure which solution to go with. I'll wait for some more replies with simple and easy fixes to appear.
EDIT: I was able to reboot holding power and volume buttons and got it to ClockWork recovery. I guess my next step at this menu would be to "install zip from sdcard" but how would I go about getting the Bionix_6_stock.zip file onto my SD card?
you'll be fine
take out battery and hold power up/down buttonswithe buttons pressed insert battery. you should see Vibrant logo once continue to hold once it goes blank then let go of all exept down button you should be in stock recovery now if you had clockwork recovery press reinstall packages you should now by in clockwork recovery if so flash again or flash some thing else hopefully a nandroid back up... good luck but you problem does not seem that serious keep at you'll be fine
mgiusto said:
Same thing here. I had a lag fix (not the voodoo one) and a GPS fix. Not sure which solution to go with. I'll wait for some more replies with simple and easy fixes to appear.
EDIT: I was able to reboot holding power and volume buttons and got it to ClockWork recovery. I guess my next step at this menu would be to "install zip from sdcard" but how would I go about getting the Bionix_6_stock.zip file onto my SD card?
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Do you have adb setup? If so, put the bionix ROM in the tools folder of your SDK & type:
adb push *file directory/file name* /sdcard
GL, please update.
All~G1 said:
Do you have adb setup? If so, put the bionix ROM in the tools folder of your SDK & type:
adb push *file directory/file name* /sdcard
GL, please update.
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Hmmm I think I remember about this other way to boot up where you can push stuff to the phone. How do I do that again? I have only been able to get to the Clockwork Recovery screen and need to get the Bionix zip file from my PC to the Vibrant using ADB which yes I have and it did work a while ago. I just forgot how to boot in that mode. Thanks!
I'm stuck as well. One small difference. I DO NOT have a lag fix installed. I uninstalled the One Click Lag Fix yesterday in preparation for the update.
Well, let me rephrase. The App is installed on the phone but the fix is not applied.
Any thoughts?
Side note. My screen has some how gotten scratched recently and I'm curious if this is a possible way to get a new screen (and phone) from Tmobile. The phone is rooted and I have a GPS fix applied but that's it.
EDIT: I wanted to add, while booting, the Vibrant screen obviously comes up but after a few seconds, the TMobile jingle STARTS to play. It quickly goes quiet and then continues to sit at the Vibrant screen.
Long time lurker, first time posting.
Stuck as well, I am rooted but stock otherwise. Only items installed are:
Vibrant-JI2-GPS.zip
signed-mobileap.vibrant.zip
Any help is appreciated
EDIT:Was able to push Bionix 1.6 through ADB and Flash with Clockwork Recovery. Back Up and Going!
mdobles said:
Long time lurker, first time posting.
Stuck as well, I am rooted but stock otherwise. Only items installed are:
Vibrant-JI2-GPS.zip
signed-mobileap.vibrant.zip
Any help is appreciated
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I'm sort of in the same boat. Rooted, but haven't installed any of the lag fixes or gps fixes. I don't have clockwork installed. Is there any way for me to download the OTA to my SD card and try flashing it that way?
This sucks
FYI. I had the same problems as the original OP, getting stuck at the boot screen after the update, due to having lag fix enabled. I finally got the true stock 2.1 firmware installed via ODIN. I've called T-Mobile requesting they push the update again and was told to do the following to send a message to google to have them push the update to my phone. It's been 30 minutes and nothing yet but I'm crossing my fingers. For the guys who haven't received the OTA update yet give this a shot.
Dial *#*#2432546#*#*6
One you complete the sequence all the numbers and characters should disappear leaving your dialer blank. Then you just sit and wait for the message to update your firmware. Hope this works!
so I have a vibrant and was running 1.6 bionix mod on it, and i figured i would download 1.7 and flash it over. But before I did I wanted to flash back to stock via odin to download the OTA but when I did that I get a black screen after the galaxy s logo..I have looked and searched these forums and
I have tried this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=741027&highlight=brick
did not work
and I am currently trying to use eugenes froyo flash method, however I need to use adb reboot and adb cannot detect my phone because I assume it's not rooted anymore since I reverted back to stock..
any ideas?? on how to root my phone while it's in this soft brick or any ideas what to flash in odin to fix this ?? If this thread was unclear I will clarify any questions.
PS. ever since i used odin to flash Euguenes froyo rom whenever I start up the phone it goes straight to android system recovery and I do not have the option to do anything else. HELPPP
ok...reading up a bit more and it looks like I didn't disable voodoo lag fix before i flashed over the stock rom ?
now i am trying to run the fixes that this thread lists,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=782027
but i can not do any adb commands because my phone isn't rooted now, any way to root through odin?
Wykedx said:
ok...reading up a bit more and it looks like I didn't disable voodoo lag fix before i flashed over the stock rom ?
now i am trying to run the fixes that this thread lists,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=782027
but i can not do any adb commands because my phone isn't rooted now, any way to root through odin?
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your phone doesn't have to be rooted to use adb ...
When your phone throws you into recovery with that media error, unplug your phone for 5 seconds, and plug it back in. Eugene put that in the instructions, and i didn't read that part either lol. If adb still doesn't work, you need to dl the right drivers again
dav3wash said:
your phone doesn't have to be rooted to use adb ...
When your phone throws you into recovery with that media error, unplug your phone for 5 seconds, and plug it back in. Eugene put that in the instructions, and i didn't read that part either lol. If adb still doesn't work, you need to dl the right drivers again
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when you unplug the phone and re plug in what should the phone do?
is it just so the computer recognizes the phone or does it boot something up?
Wykedx said:
when you unplug the phone and re plug in what should the phone do?
is it just so the computer recognizes the phone or does it boot something up?
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nothing will happen on the phone, but your computer and adb will recognize the phone
omg i was just about to lose hope and go into tmobile and make a bs excuse about how the ota update f'ed up my phone LOL,
thank you so much!! now i can flash the stock rom correct? or can voodoo still mess my phone up?
Wykedx said:
omg i was just about to lose hope and go into tmobile and make a bs excuse about how the ota update f'ed up my phone LOL,
thank you so much!! now i can flash the stock rom correct? or can voodoo still mess my phone up?
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Haha no problem. As for Voodoo ... i never ventured there. I usually stick with JAC's or King Kilikkk's, but here's the uninstall/verification for Voodoo. Try it b4 you flash anything else just to be safe.
How-to Disable the Voodoo Lagfix:
1. Once again, you MUST disable the Voodoo lag fix in order to flash any other rom, kernel, or perform a nandroid backup. If you don't...well....lets just say I warned you.
2. Its simple. Create a folder on the root of your sdcard called 'Voodoo'.
3. Now, open notepad or something similar and save the blank file. Name it 'disable-lagfix'. This file cannot have any file extension, so remove it if it does.
4. Place your blank file into the 'Voodoo' folder you made on your sdcard.
5. In order to disable, simply power down your phone and power it back up.
6. FINISHED! You can now flash anything you'd like!
How-to Confirm Voodoo Lagfix is Disabled:
1. In adb shell or terminal type 'mount'
2. If it is disabled is should read '/dev/block/mmcblk0p2'.
3. If it is not disabled, it will read '/dev/block/mmcblk0p4'.
done and done, thanks again!!
I, an ignorant vibrant user eager to break into the world of ROMS, finally and successfully rooted my phone with the one click root.
One Click Lagfix from the marketplace immediately thereafter. Phone was blazing fast.
I decided to push my stupid limits. I tried to download and install Eugene's Vibrant Hybrid final ROM that would give me glorious, stock android. I followed the instructions I found for "installing a ROM":
Copy the zip to the root.
Boot into recovery.
Go into clockwork recovery.
factory reset.
install zip from sd card.
after that's done, reboot.
I got a little chimy, should-be-startup noise, (not the standard vibrant start-up noise, but what I expect would be the new ROM start-up noise I downloaded) and then nothing. Just the Vibrant screen.
I can boot into recovery mode, but I don't know what to do next. I tried to find the backup I made on Clockwork, but it was NOT THERE. I am now panicking and trying not to do anything stupid to my phone.
read on Eugene's site that it could be that I don't have the correct kernel flashed to support the ROM...? At this point, I kind of just want my phone back while having to lose the least amount of data. Please Help.
and before I tried installing the ROM, I used the one-click lag fix from the market on my already rooted phone.
Thanks!
james
Did you disable the lag fix before flashing?
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no, didn't realize that it would be an issue until after flashing the ROM. I think I'm stuck in a boot loop... and I have access to a mac only at the moment. Tomorrow I'll have access to a PC if ODIN could help at all...
Search for "froyo that doesnt brick your phone" flash if with odin and after that flash back to stock.
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Will this restore my data and settings...?? What will I lose?
In a weird. Everything. Unless you made an external backup. Eugene's will wipe the phone.
Sorry bud
Gl.
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jamespwolpert said:
I, an ignorant vibrant user eager to break into the world of ROMS, finally and successfully rooted my phone with the one click root.
One Click Lagfix from the marketplace immediately thereafter. Phone was blazing fast.
I decided to push my stupid limits. I tried to download and install Eugene's Vibrant Hybrid final ROM that would give me glorious, stock android. I followed the instructions I found for "installing a ROM":
Copy the zip to the root.
Boot into recovery.
Go into clockwork recovery.
factory reset.
install zip from sd card.
after that's done, reboot.
I got a little chimy, should-be-startup noise, (not the standard vibrant start-up noise, but what I expect would be the new ROM start-up noise I downloaded) and then nothing. Just the Vibrant screen.
I can boot into recovery mode, but I don't know what to do next. I tried to find the backup I made on Clockwork, but it was NOT THERE. I am now panicking and trying not to do anything stupid to my phone.
read on Eugene's site that it could be that I don't have the correct kernel flashed to support the ROM...? At this point, I kind of just want my phone back while having to lose the least amount of data. Please Help.
and before I tried installing the ROM, I used the one-click lag fix from the market on my already rooted phone.
Thanks!
james
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its just a simple user error. Honestly imo opinion, if you are using the lagfix option found on the market, flashing to other roms reformats /data and /system and such undoing it. So thats not where your issue came from the flashing. Before the flash, if you were on stock jdf, the flashing the hybrid final rom didnt update your baseband/modem.bin and i am pretty sure that would put you in your situation. Possible situation number 2. You had the ota update on your phone already. Meaning you were running ji6 then the rom update.zip may have been corrupted or incomplete.
to fix either one of these situations is simple. As long as the answer to my next question is a hell no. Did you flash jacs xmod voodoo kernel after you flash the hybrid rom?? The faster you reply to this the faster i can get to to a solution. You will also need a computer that has adb installed and properly recognizing your phone.
IF YOU DID FLASH THE VOODOO LAGFIX YOU WILL NEED ACCESS TO A COMPUTER WITH ODIN AND ANDROID SDK!! WETHER IT BE A MAC WITH PARRELLS OR A VM OR LINIX OR WINDOWS.
a4 moda said:
In a weird. Everything. Unless you made an external backup. Eugene's will wipe the phone.
Sorry bud
Gl.
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That is not true. Anything on his internal memory will be perfectly intact. And if he can still get into cwm recovery, he adb push a few files to the root of his sd card and boot right up depending the cause
jumaaneface said:
its just a simple user error. Honestly imo opinion, if you are using the lagfix option found on the market, flashing to other roms reformats /data and /system and such undoing it. So thats not where your issue came from the flashing. Before the flash, if you were on stock jdf, the flashing the hybrid final rom didnt update your baseband/modem.bin and i am pretty sure that would put you in your situation. Possible situation number 2. You had the ota update on your phone already. Meaning you were running ji6 then the rom update.zip may have been corrupted or incomplete.
to fix either one of these situations is simple. As long as the answer to my next question is a hell no. Did you flash jacs xmod voodoo kernel after you flash the hybrid rom?? The faster you reply to this the faster i can get to to a solution. You will also need a computer that has adb installed and properly recognizing your phone.
IF YOU DID FLASH THE VOODOO LAGFIX YOU WILL NEED ACCESS TO A COMPUTER WITH ODIN AND ANDROID SDK!! WETHER IT BE A MAC WITH PARRELLS OR A VM OR LINIX OR WINDOWS.
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I didn't flash **** after that. Just the Hybrid mod, then I was stuck. The steps I mentioned in my process were the only things that ever ever happened.
also, yes, I (was) running JI6 as well. Until this fiasco.
Eugene's thread for the hybrid mod also has files posted for, quote, "reboots and freezes" with the file name JFDkernanmodemji2.zip. All things that have been mentioned positively at one point or another in this thread. Since I am pretty sure I don't have the appropriate kernel to run the ROM, do I simply push the JFDkernanmodemji2.zip file to my root, flash it, then flash the ROM again and life will be good?
jamespwolpert said:
Eugene's thread for the hybrid mod also has files posted for, quote, "reboots and freezes" with the file name JFDkernanmodemji2.zip. All things that have been mentioned positively at one point or another in this thread. Since I am pretty sure I don't have the appropriate kernel to run the ROM, do I simply push the JFDkernanmodemji2.zip file to my root, flash it, then flash the ROM again and life will be good?
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Indeed. If it doesn't work. U had a messed up download. At that point redownload and push to sd root
jumaaneface said:
Indeed. If it doesn't work. U had a messed up download. At that point redownload and push to sd root
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how do I push files to my vibrant? Where do I start?
jamespwolpert said:
how do I push files to my vibrant? Where do I start?
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Do you have android sdk on your pc?
jumaaneface said:
Do you have android sdk on your pc?
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I think. When I open it, it the app is called Java and the titlebar says Android SDK and AVD Manager
jamespwolpert said:
how do I push files to my vibrant? Where do I start?
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jamespwolpert said:
I think. When I open it, it the app is called Java and the titlebar says Android SDK and AVD Manager
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boot your phone into clockwork recovery and plug in to computer. Then open a command prompt window. you can type in cmd into search bar in windows to open it up. Then type adb devices into the little black window. tell me what happens when you do this. Do you have gtalk or aim? This will go by faster If you have one
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boot your phone into clockwork recovery and plug in to computer. Then open a command prompt window. you can type in cmd into search bar in windows to open it up. Then type adb devices into the little black window. tell me what happens when you do this. Do you have gtalk or aim? This will go by faster If you have one
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yeah, I've got gtalk.
gmail is [email protected]
Personal assist, wow that's awesome.
So what came if this? What's the outcome?
I'm curious, please update.
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Push pppuuuuush..baby deliveried yet?? An update on steps by steps?
So basically i got the ICS Encryption unsuccessful error and now my phone wont get past the vibrant splash screen. I tried odining back to stock but it just goes to splash screen and then turns off. i cant get into recovery mode. please please pleaseeee help!
jig or get to download mode
odin EUGENE373_SamsungS_Froyo_PDA (read directions)
then flash back to stock then try not too "brick" the unbrickable vibrant again.
this does not fix the problem. the /data partition is the cause of the problem and i dont know how to fix it. repartitioning in odin doesn't fix it either. :/
I had the same thing happen to me.. ive tried everything i could think of
enter download mode
dvryu said:
enter download mode
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and then what? anything i flash gets me bootloader screen. eugene's unbrickable rom gets me to stock recovery but buttons dont work in that rom to let me select anything.
Unfortunetly there is no fix as of now. The problem seems to be the internal flash memory 16gb is unable to mount. SD card (External) mounts perfectly fine as i was able to pull some files using adb commands. Hope you have a spare phone cuz there is no way to fix your phone as of today.
A warning to ICS rom users. You phone could potentially become paperweight so be extremely careful. You might want to consider using Gingerbread or some other rom other than ICS until someone finds a solution to this problem.
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and then what? anything i flash gets me bootloader screen. eugene's unbrickable rom gets me to stock recovery but buttons dont work in that rom to let me select anything.
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The buttons in recovery don't work after flashing Eugene's rom.
You can only reboot your phone through the adb command:
adb reboot
Of course you must also have the android debugging bridge installed on your computer to issue these commands. Including the SDK. Good luck.
i have two other vibrants in my family right now. what do you think i could do with those to fix mine?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1447303
OP, what ROM were you running when this happened intially? Also what kernel?
I have been reading most of the morning and am looking into some things. Alex's thread does show how to workaround the problem but it seems that the internal sd is lost (for now).
Since you are not the only one this happened to, I would like to know the above and see if it correlates to the others that this happened to in the Vibrant section. I'll post the same in their threads too.
Woodrube said:
OP, what ROM were you running when this happened intially? Also what kernel?
I have been reading most of the morning and am looking into some things. Alex's thread does show how to workaround the problem but it seems that the internal sd is lost (for now).
Since you are not the only one this happened to, I would like to know the above and see if it correlates to the others that this happened to in the Vibrant section. I'll post the same in their threads too.
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i was running ICS Passion 13 with the Kiss kernel that came with it. and i've looked around and many people with ics have gotten this problem both on our device and on the AT&T's captivate.
If you loaded Eugene's rom, and are stuck at the recovery, don't wait so long to type that adb reboot command and don't unplug the usb just type the command. let the rom load then get the phone back in download mode and flash the stock rom.
Eugene's rom properly set up will fix your issue. try again!
cotbu said:
If you loaded Eugene's rom, and are stuck at the recovery, don't wait so long to type that adb reboot command and don't unplug the usb just type the command. let the rom load then get the phone back in download mode and flash the stock rom.
Eugene's rom properly set up will fix your issue. try again!
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that wouldn't work as the /data partition isn't being red by the phone. Nothing happens when i try that command.
These are the instructions, Eugene's rom write like a lowlevel format, either you are not following directions or you actually bricked the vibrant.
But....you say you've made it to Eugene's recovery if you did you should be good to go.
Okay, Now with the Caution Posted, Lets Begin with the Froyo that Don't Brick
I have Tested this 5 Time's to Make Sure! Only install What I Post!
First,
You must already Have Odin installed & Know how to boot into Down-loader Mode!!
Do Not Select Repartition In ODIN Flasher
Quote:
Installing...
Extract the .zip file
Open ODIN Flasher, Select the Pit File.
Select Eugene373_GalaxyS_Froyo_PDA.tar
Select start..
Second,
Once Odin had Done Flashed, & you are in Recovery Mode you will not be able to Access anything & need to be at a Computer with Samsung Driver's installed & a working SDK pre-installed..
Side note: you will get an error in recovery, Don't be worried!!!! Ignore this!
Third,
Open a CMD Prompt & type:
Quote:
adb reboot
Froyo with Downgrading back to Stock Possible:
Download here > EUGENE373_SamsungS_Froyo_PDA.zip
*Stock Froyo with*
~ Root
~ SuperUser.apk
~ Build.prop now Correct
~ Defualt.prop Also Correct
****
*Issue's
Volume Key are Reversed
****
*Not working*
~ Rom Manager via reboot to Recovery!
~ Selectable Menu in Recovery
~ 3.5 Head-jack
~ Hot Spot Tethering
sorry for stressing but, I have a 4yr old that loves playing with the vibrant and I think I've brought it back from every brick situation possible. As long as the vibrant has power, it will not stop! xd!
Here's the situation.
I had bionix 1.3 on my phone > tried to install stock froyo 2.2 > bricked phone > did a factory reset using odin> re rooted phone and installed rom manager > rom manager gives me the error message "an error occurred while downloading your recovery" when I try to install bionix-v
After you Odin to stock, are you rooting with the update.zip from here at XDA?
You'll put it on your internal storage (not Micro SD) and not in a folder. Just drop it on the base level of the internal storage. Then go to stock recovery, click reinstall packages. You'll probably have to click reinstall packages a 2nd time.
Then it should boot into Clockwork Mod Recovery.
You really don't need ROM Manager. I guess some people like it, though.
Toast6977 said:
After you Odin to stock, are you rooting with the update.zip from here at XDA?
You'll put it on your internal storage (not Micro SD) and not in a folder. Just drop it on the base level of the internal storage. Then go to stock recovery, click reinstall packages. You'll probably have to click reinstall packages a 2nd time.
Then it should boot into Clockwork Mod Recovery.
You really don't need ROM Manager. I guess some people like it, though.
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Where can I get the xda update zip? My version of the vibrant doesn't allow you to physically get into recovery up with the buttons. What else can I use to install roms? I tried using rom toolbox lite ( i think that's the name) but it still didn't work.
refer to my post here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=32180600&postcount=3
rocketrocketrocket said:
Where can I get the xda update zip? My version of the vibrant doesn't allow you to physically get into recovery up with the buttons. What else can I use to install roms? I tried using rom toolbox lite ( i think that's the name) but it still didn't work.
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What do you mean "your version of the vibrant"???
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samsgun357 said:
What do you mean "your version of the vibrant"???
Because I am hard, you will not like me. But the more you hate me, the more you will learn.
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As I understand it you could get into recovery mode on the original vibrants by holding down the buttons in a specific way but they removed the feature on later vibrants. I have one of the vibrants where the feature was removed. I can only get to recovery mode through software I think.
rocketrocketrocket said:
As I understand it you could get into recovery mode on the original vibrants by holding down the buttons in a specific way but they removed the feature on later vibrants. I have one of the vibrants where the feature was removed. I can only get to recovery mode through software I think.
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They didn't remove that feature from vibrants. Go to settings> about phone>model and type that in here letter for letter please.
Try this, turn phone off. Hold volume up/down and power until you see screen come on then release.
Because I am hard, you will not like me. But the more you hate me, the more you will learn.
Shut your phone off. Hold volume up + volume down and power all at the same time. As soon as you see the Vibrant black/white text let go.
You may have to try this multiple times to get it to work. This will be stock recovery.
The later ones were getting shipped with updated Android version and installing signed packages bug was fixed.
Nowadays, you get around that by entering Download mode and using Odin to revert back to stock, which allows flashing of custom recovery and rooting, and then voila... you're on your way.
I guess I've been wrong before, but I've never heard anything about them disabling the button combos altogether.
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tacosbuenos said:
Here's the situation.
I had bionix 1.3 on my phone > tried to install stock froyo 2.2 > bricked phone > did a factory reset using odin> re rooted phone and installed rom manager > rom manager gives me the error message "an error occurred while downloading your recovery" when I try to install bionix-v
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Do you have an SGH-T959? Not to be confused with a T959v, that's different. Do you have a front facing camera? The errors you describe typically take place when you erroneously flash a ROM that isn't for your device.
Have a looksy in Settings>About phone and make sure it says SGH-T959.
Good luck!
At this point I'm just trying to re install bionix 1.3 with a non working rom manager on my rooted, stock vibrant.
rocketrocketrocket said:
At this point I'm just trying to re install bionix 1.3 with a non working rom manager on my rooted, stock vibrant.
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Good luck.
Because I am hard, you will not like me. But the more you hate me, the more you will learn.
rocketrocketrocket said:
At this point I'm just trying to re install bionix 1.3 with a non working rom manager on my rooted, stock vibrant.
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In my opinion, forget about ROM Manager and get Clockwork Mod Recovery installed. Search the forums, find the update.zip file. You'll need to be on stock Eclair to flash it in recovery.
Check the stickies for guides on how to get back to stock, how to flash Update.zip and the ROM threads have instructions in the 1st post how to install the ROM via Clockwork Mod Recovery.
Good Luck!
Hint: look in stickies for Woodrubes Repository. He put together a great collection of files. Don't forget to hit his thanks button.
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Search the forums, find the update.zip file. You'll need to be on stock Eclair to flash it in recovery.
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I've posted the instruction and link from my previous post on first page.